August SAT Prep: Improve Your English Score 100+ points! 

Yes! The key is to pinpoint the synonym to the word you need to pick. Usually a word or phrase before or after the colon, semicolon, or sentence the blank is in!

READING Experiment with different things online, I first tried reading the passage slowly and rushing questions but I never retained well and got bored; then, I tried reading questions before and marking the passage section and I guess “paying more attention” to the bracket sections; the. I tried answering question and only referring back to the passage when needed (weird back and forth thing the Princeton Review book tells you). I was using a weird combo of these to try and do smth smart idk but I just kept getting like -12 questions wrong over and over. But now recently, I read a Reddit reply to one of my annotation posts I was trying to see would be reasonable and someone said smth along the lines on how “this is a reading comprehension test, not a puzzle” and Idk it sorta clicked. I’ve recently bought Erica Metzler and right away a couple pages in I get her method which word amazing Pay attention to the last 1-2 sentences of the first paragraph (gives idea of topic) Then go through reading the text but at a quick surface level without stopping to reread and understand every single word (because frankly there will be numerous times the section you’re could not even be asked in the questions so why risk wasted time?) While reading make sure to circle key idea/transition words (however, similarly, to agree with, least of all, regardless…etc), if you read her book you’ll start to develop a feeling for these words and practice that speed underlying and stuff when she does a mock question where the text is to the left and you can practice the skill. Finally, last paragraph focus in and focus well on the last 1-2 sentences which typically give the resolution and/or restates the main topic of the writing. Because this method taught me to move fast and think more about where the overall structure the passage was heading towards, I crunched my reading time from 8 minutes to 4-6. Which then gave me more time for questions, and I already had a feeling where some questions were answered say lines 54-60, so I can automatically rule out a b and d (3-6, 12-20, and 79-80 idk). I did main idea questions and stuff like this: either answer it right away if I already know what to talk about OR If I can’t figure the answer choices clearly, erase, circle and move on to other and come back to this question immediately after answer the others (hopefully the main idea should stick out like a sore thumb). Also the Princeton review taught me when I wanted evidence to support my answer, I should pair both questions like this: A. A B. B C. C D. D. And do like a weird arrow and point and stuff. Idk, this never really worked for me especially because so have a good intuition. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9Y5UOVGR1qc.html social science ->history -> random dual passage-> hard STEM passage(like ones in bio etc.). The idea of the SAT is to only get the necessary information and to do it as quick as possible. Honestly Erica Metzler-rlly the first 10 pages-helped me see the exam in a whole methodical approach. It’s like math, you have to be literal and see all the variations on the exam. Also, reading helps, like I write in my book I’m reading just those key transition words and do bursts of speed reading to see how to implement the technique. Okay, this is kinda long, definitely check out both the vid and the book lol This method ^ got me 46/52 when I could never get past 40. I think the main idea for the SAT is experimenting and seeing what clicks because doing something over and over again with no results isn’t doing anyone any favors (I mean long term btw, you shouldn’t always expect your score to increase in 10 puts automatically, it might even decrease lol).

WRITING For grammar I’ve always loved linguistics and a grammar geek so it was more intuitive. But definitely do the same thing with grammar like maths. For me, I skip until the begging of the sentence, or 2 sentences b4 if I want more context, where I’m asked a grammar question. Then whenever you see blocked numbers or wtv (like [1] [2] [3] etc) I DO actually read it so I understand the context and sometimes I underline like 3 words so I can recall what the sentence/paragraph is talking about. Answer grammar questions as usual, that weird where does this fit? The underline helps Method I seriously recommend doing grammar test, every time you get a question wrong, get paper, write the kind of question and why the correct answer is correct. Then also note what the other choice would NEED in order to be correct. The method above is the best I think. You learn both the correct answer AS WELL AS how to make the others correct. So if you are given a future question, you’re more likely to have interacted with the answer choice and understand how it can be right/wrong. I recommend using khan academy and like 3 practice tests or so On this past June test I got a 35/40

Now my ask, anyone gotten from 46->52 or for writing 35->40? I need help in I guess that final stretch, it honestly might just be endurance train fun at this point idk any help is good lol

​@@ryanopara-baldwin8565thank you for your guidance

Especially logically completes

try as much as u can to get a good score on it but dont stress out on it, ur pretty lucky u only need ur math cz its eassyy i get like a minumum of 650 on it

Good question! If you’re international, you will not have the option to take the paper test. You must take the dsat! Hope that helps clarify.

@@StrategicTestPrep No no thank you for your support but I didn't mean that. I mean, due to lack of abundant resources, do you think that prepping to paper sat would be helpful to ace digital sat english reading and writing section.

Hi! Yes the $50 promo is still active if you put 50OFF in at checkout. You have access to the course indefinitely

No :( needs to be an iPad or iPad pro

Or a mobile phone obviously

She's basically saying to guess and pick random answers if you run out of time on a section.